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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by helsinkiandrew on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:34AM (#29252221)
> with 149 million hours viewed.

When I open Netflix in my browser Tiger King starts playing in the background. If you click on a film to read the synopsis often the film starts playing.

I wonder how many of those hours are people repeatedly watching for 20 seconds in the background before moving on?

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Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films by rchaud on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:59AM (#29254738)
Considering that this kind of overcounting data was communicated to paying customers of Facebook (advertisers), I imagine Netflix will go for the biggest numbers possible. It's not like that data is audited like a financial statement would be.
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